Lakers season long

[BadLuckSanta]

I'm a big Lakers fan. going to try hard to keep this thread running throughout the season and playoffs.


lakers are 0-4 against the spread thus far in preseason.

first bet of the year was on Utah +4 for .5x


1-0 +0.50u

[BadLuckSanta]

Didn't get the time to post this earlier.

Took Utah +6 against the Clippers.

Utah jumped out to an early lead but the Clippers came back and won by 2.


2-0 +1u

[BadLuckSanta]

Mike Brown still "experimenting" with the guys who are on the cut list bubble.
Lakers will start strong with their 5 but look for the last few guys on the bench to get a lot of time.

Kings +6 1x

[Ratzz]

the Lakers are going to be terrible this year..

i know Howard is out.. but the absence of one great player does mean that the rest should play like crap..

they ARE AWFUL...

[Mantle7]

the Lakers are going to be terrible this year..

i know Howard is out.. but the absence of one great player does mean that the rest should play like crap..

they ARE AWFUL...

Are you kidding me? Theyre still trying to figure out whos going to make the team. The Lakers are going to destroy it this year.

Nash
Kobe
Howard
Gasol
Artest

Buddy, when the season starts youre in for a rude awakening. This is just pre season

[9fives]

^ agreed.

Lakers are going to be a tough team to beat. I'm waiting to see what the moneylines will be on those games and take them for every game. I figure out of 82 games, they'll lose about 9 games (according to Artest)?

[BadLuckSanta]

the Lakers are going to be terrible this year..

i know Howard is out.. but the absence of one great player does mean that the rest should play like crap..

they ARE AWFUL...

Lakers aren't showing their Princeton offense during the preseason.
They will be overpriced to start the season but they will not suck.

Kings win, Lakers still winless in preseason.


3-0 +2.0u

[BadLuckSanta]

Lakers -5 1x

Game is at Staples. Dwight making his debut. Coach Brown wants to win tonight. Starters will start and end game.

[Ratzz]

the Fake-Show is going to tank all year... these dudes are old..
and Howard will leave at seasons end..

will be out in 1st or 2nd round of playoffs...*
then off into sunset for a loooooong time...

they have no more draft picks..
1) traded away one 1st Rounder for Sessions (he was smart and left)

2) TWO 1st Rounders and TWO 2nd Rounders for an aging (i mean, aged.. it has already happened)
four GUYS for a 40 yr. old.. WOW-

3) *one 1st Rounder for Howard (lucky only that)

you cannot build champions without drafting great players..
this thing about buying instant champions is An ILLUSION..

GMs/fans need to wake up

[Ratzz]

man did Phoenix make out on that one... damn

[Ichigo]

Playerd 4 time against lakers $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Mantle7]

Ratzz, how did Nash look last year? How'd Howard look? Kobe? Metta and Gasol?

All this fading into the sunset talk is actually kind of funny.

Ratzz, just keep checking in throughout the season. This team is going to be SO GOOD it's unreal.

[Huego]

the Fake-Show is going to tank all year... these dudes are old..
and Howard will leave at seasons end..

will be out in 1st or 2nd round of playoffs...*
then off into sunset for a loooooong time...

they have no more draft picks..
1) traded away one 1st Rounder for Sessions (he was smart and left)

2) TWO 1st Rounders and TWO 2nd Rounders for an aging (i mean, aged.. it has already happened)
four GUYS for a 40 yr. old.. WOW-

3) *one 1st Rounder for Howard (lucky only that)

you cannot build champions without drafting great players..
this thing about buying instant champions is An ILLUSION..

GMs/fans need to wake up

You're an idiot. The Lakers are trying to win NOW while Kobe is still playing. WTF is a 2nd round draft pick gonna do? This isn't the NFL.

Lakers are gonna dominate the league this year and they will make it to the finals. This is pretty much a lock unless someone gets injured.

[riffraff24]

I'm a long time season ticket holder and will be at every game except Xmas thru New Years since i'll be on vacation. If welcomed, I will try to give some input here as well!

[riffraff24]

the Fake-Show is going to tank all year... these dudes are old..
and Howard will leave at seasons end..

will be out in 1st or 2nd round of playoffs...*
then off into sunset for a loooooong time...

they have no more draft picks..
1) traded away one 1st Rounder for Sessions (he was smart and left)

2) TWO 1st Rounders and TWO 2nd Rounders for an aging (i mean, aged.. it has already happened)
four GUYS for a 40 yr. old.. WOW-

3) *one 1st Rounder for Howard (lucky only that)

you cannot build champions without drafting great players..
this thing about buying instant champions is An ILLUSION..

GMs/fans need to wake up

LMAO @ Sessions was smart and left. Yeah because professional athletes dont like the spotlight and fake boobies...they like fried twinkies and state fairs.

[Ratzz]

Ratzz, how did Nash look last year? How'd Howard look? Kobe? Metta and Gasol?

All this fading into the sunset talk is actually kind of funny.

Ratzz, just keep checking in throughout the season. This team is going to be SO GOOD it's unreal.

hey Mantle.. how are you, bud? i must disagree here.. but i guess only time will tell..

You're an idiot. The Lakers are trying to win NOW while Kobe is still playing. WTF is a 2nd round draft pick gonna do? This isn't the NFL.

Lakers are gonna dominate the league this year and they will make it to the finals. This is pretty much a lock unless someone gets injured.

i guess we will see if there is one idiot in this thread.. or several...*
i suspect more than one.

LMAO @ Sessions was smart and left. Yeah because professional athletes dont like the spotlight and fake boobies...they like fried twinkies and state fairs.

Sessions saw how that machine works.. and was not interested... it's not a team.. it's a Monarchy.. with His Kobeness running a show based on his taking absolutely wild circus shots..

Sessions recognized that it can't work when the King has gone mad. (and none of his advisors are permitted to speak the truth)
..lest they be banished forever

[riffraff24]

Sessions saw how that machine works.. and was not interested... it's not a team.. it's a Monarchy.. with His Kobeness running a show based on his taking absolutely wild circus shots..

Sessions recognized that it can't work when the King has gone mad. (and none of his advisors are permitted to speak the truth)
..lest they be banished forever

You want to know how this machine works? Look in the rafters. What's in your team's rafters? Divisional title banners?

[Huego]

Sessions is a scrub and he choked in the playoffs. in this thread we've learned two things from ratzz:

1. lakers lost a key piece to a championship run by not keeping Sessions, a player who choked in the playoffs and hasn't been anything but a bench player for his entire career.

2. Mitch Kupchak should have declined the trade offer for a hall of fame point guard because those two round draft picks are SOOO valuable. move over mitch, ratzz should be the new gm...he would use those second rounders to draft the next chamberlain and magic.

[Ratzz]

You want to know how this machine works? Look in the rafters. What's in your team's rafters? Divisional title banners?

those rafters are filled with young players that were drafted and grew better and improved together as a team..no 'instant champions'... just add old and caked powder

[Ratzz]

Sessions is a scrub and he choked in the playoffs. in this thread we've learned two things from ratzz:1. lakers lost a key piece to a championship run by not keeping Sessions, a player who choked in the playoffs and hasn't been anything but a bench player for his entire career.2. Mitch Kupchak should have declined the trade offer for a hall of fame point guard because those two round draft picks are SOOO valuable. move over mitch, ratzz should be the new gm...he would use those second rounders to draft the next chamberlain and magic.

if Sessions was a good trade he would be there. Period. If you trade away a 1st Rounder in any sport for a guy that never made the All-Star team.. you messed up.The Charlotte Bobcats (worst record last year?) only offered him 2 yrs.. that speaks for itself..BUT. he went TO-THE-BOBCATS rather than stay play with k0bie... wow (i am sorry but that is huuuge)nice doing your homework and reading the situation well, Kupchak.THEN Kupchak throws up 4 players (two 1st Rounders, AND two 2nd Rounders) for a 38 year old NASH..who will be 39 by the time the playoffs roll around... wow ( that is even huuger <is that a word even?>) The Lakers tried this move already when they brought in an old Gary Payton and old Karl MaloneYoung Shaq and speedy Kobe were there ( and that is why they made the Finals)but the Pistons destroyed them. they lost 4-1 to Detroit, and should have been swept.

[BadLuckSanta]

3-1 +1u

Lakers +5 2x

[Lakers714]

Ratzz, u crack me up as you're an obvious Lakers hater just looking for reasons not to like them. Yes, I've been a Lakers fan for a long time and am a little biased but wtf r u smoking to say they're going to suck??? Howard will leave after this season? Wtf would he leave LA to go where, Dallas? C'mon man. And your arguments about not having draft picks is overrated. NBA draft picks r jokes unless u get top 3. What do u think the Suns r gonna get with the picks they got for Nash? Like the 2nd to last pick in the 1st round? Right, they made out like bandits. All things being equal, the Lakers will be dominant this year. They're too talented and too deep.

[Ratzz]

Ratzz, u crack me up as you're an obvious Lakers hater just looking for reasons not to like them. Yes, I've been a Lakers fan for a long time and am a little biased but wtf r u smoking to say they're going to suck??? Howard will leave after this season? Wtf would he leave LA to go where, Dallas? C'mon man. And your arguments about not having draft picks is overrated. NBA draft picks r jokes unless u get top 3. What do u think the Suns r gonna get with the picks they got for Nash? Like the 2nd to last pick in the 1st round? Right, they made out like bandits. All things being equal, the Lakers will be dominant this year. They're too talented and too deep.

the Lakers will become (already have) the New york Yankees of the NBA... all flashy big names...
no substance or teamwork.. especially in the playoffs. Lakers will tank.*

[Lakers714]

the Lakers will become (already have) the New york Yankees of the NBA... all flashy big names...
no substance or teamwork.. especially in the playoffs. Lakers will tank.*

They will only tank if there are significant injuries. That's wishful thinking. Draft picks aren't nearly as valuable in the NBA, unless its a high lottery pick, as it is in the NFL so I have no issues with the Lakers trading away picks for Nash.

[Ratzz]

They will only tank if there are significant injuries. That's wishful thinking. Draft picks aren't nearly as valuable in the NBA, unless its a high lottery pick, as it is in the NFL so I have no issues with the Lakers trading away picks for Nash.

lol.... (omg.. Laker fans are soooo dazed and confused) hilariously so

Does it not seem more plausible that the person who's handle is "Lakers---"
might be the individual that is experiencing wishful thinking?.. or wearing purple colored glasses?

that team is done. Playoffs yes. Out in 2nd Round.*
but a Championship this year with a healthy Miami and OKC in the league?!?!

lol.. Never.

but go ahead, keep those purple glasses on.. see what happens. As it stands presently, the Lakers are the only team without a victory in the pre-season. 1 out of 30 teams.

i predicted earlier that their best chance at a victory was with k0bie out. Let's see if that happens tonight.

[KktdocT]

GL, mate.

[Lakers714]

lol.... (omg.. Laker fans are soooo dazed and confused) hilariously so

Does it not seem more plausible that the person who's handle is "Lakers---"
might be the individual that is experiencing wishful thinking?.. or wearing purple colored glasses?

that team is done. Playoffs yes. Out in 2nd Round.*
but a Championship this year with a healthy Miami and OKC in the league?!?!

lol.. Never.

but go ahead, keep those purple glasses on.. see what happens. As it stands presently, the Lakers are the only team without a victory in the pre-season. 1 out of 30 teams.

i predicted earlier that their best chance at a victory was with k0bie out. Let's see if that happens tonight.

I look at things objectively. What's your basis for saying the Lakers are done? They only added a top 5 PG and the best defensive center in the league. Gasol and Howard? R u kidding me? What other team has two dominant 7 footers plus a top 5 PG and a productive Kobe. Plus they added depth in Jamison, resigned Hill, and signed Meeks. What's there not to like this team? Who's going to stop Gasol and Howard? The thunders lack of a dominant post presence will be their undoing. They don't be able to beat the Lakers unless there r injuries.

[Ratzz]

0-7**WORST START EVER. history of franchise.

LA Offense: **Avg 86.4 pts.***has*not cracked 100 pts.


LA Defense:*Avg 102.1 pts.**Allowed

YES> it certainly looks like they not only have the starters to win the Championship this year, but their bench is tops in the league and dominate opponents deep into the 2nd Half. AS WELL as the sharpest coach in the NBA now that Jackson is gone.

i am beginning to think that not only will the Lakers:
1) take the crown this year.. BUT
2) they will not need more than 20-21 games in the post-season to do accomplish that feat
if indeed the word 'feat' can be used here.. (feats are usually long/difficult endeavors that are not a fait-accomplit)

[Ratzz]

yes. it's only pre-season, but this means something.

i believe those are the worst stats in the league.

Champions don't start like this. i wonder if Brown makes it through the season.

[BadLuckSanta]

3-1 +1u

Lakers +5 2x

tough loss. All Sacre had to do was make 1 ft for a push. MWP still jacking up stupid shots at the end of games.

Not going to read everything Rattz is saying but no one should put any merit into preseason stats.


3-2 -1u

[Mantle7]

0-7**WORST START EVER. history of franchise.

LA Offense: **Avg 86.4 pts.***has*not cracked 100 pts.


LA Defense:*Avg 102.1 pts.**Allowed

YES> it certainly looks like they not only have the starters to win the Championship this year, but their bench is tops in the league and dominate opponents deep into the 2nd Half. AS WELL as the sharpest coach in the NBA now that Jackson is gone.

i am beginning to think that not only will the Lakers:
1) take the crown this year.. BUT
2) they will not need more than 20-21 games in the post-season to do accomplish that feat
if indeed the word 'feat' can be used here.. (feats are usually long/difficult endeavors that are not a fait-accomplit)

Ratzz, Ive seen you post in the MLB forum and I always thought you were a pretty bright guy for the most part. You put out some good plays from my recollection. However, you're really running this Laker thing into the ground. Worst start ever? Well maybe you should wait for the start of the season and then talk about it. That 0-7 record is about as meaningful as the last shit I took. It means nothing. It reflects nothing. Howard's played one game. They might not even have that great of a start because of the new team but 15 games in will be a different story. You need to let this go.

[Ratzz]

Ratzz, Ive seen you post in the MLB forum and I always thought you were a pretty bright guy for the most part. You put out some good plays from my recollection. However, you're really running this Laker thing into the ground. Worst start ever? Well maybe you should wait for the start of the season and then talk about it. That 0-7 record is about as meaningful as the last shit I took. It means nothing. It reflects nothing. Howard's played one game. They might not even have that great of a start because of the new team but 15 games in will be a different story. You need to let this go.

i think this is probably a good call... .. dialogue is senseless if nothing can be determined as of yet..*
especially charged dialogue, with people getting hot. no reason.

cheers, Mantle

[SportsTerminator]

People calm down it's just pre-season. It will be the Lakers or Oklahoma City in the Finals. I do not like that -8.5 spread against Dallas though. The Lakers almost NEVER cover at home equivalent to the Pittsburg Steelers. Dallas for some reason matches up with the Lakers well. But of course I do like the Lakers to win, but that spread is to big and early for now.